The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will hear a further overview on Benicia Unified School District students’ responses to the Relationships, Effort, Aspirations, Cognitions, Heart (REACH) survey at Thursday’s board meeting. The REACH survey is considered a supplement to the California Healthy Kids Survey and further examines the relationships between students and […]
Benicia high schoolers gearing up for poetry competition
The method of learning by doing is certainly true of poetry. After all, one can learn a lot about becoming a great poet by immersing oneself in the great poetic works and performing them for an audience. That is the basic premise of Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation contest founded by California Poet […]
Benicia High offers computer clubs for tech-savvy students
One of the many privileges of being a student at Benicia High School is having the opportunity to enroll in any number of the diverse range of clubs the school has to offer. In recent years, several computer and technology based clubs have made their way onto the list, keeping in pace with the increasing […]
2016 Year in Review: Big changes at BUSD
(Over the next few days, the Benicia Herald will close out 2016 by revisiting the big local news stories of the year. Today’s edition will focus on Benicia’s schools.) Although 2015 was a big year for Benicia Unified School District in terms of leadership changes and Measure S bond projects, 2016 was even bigger. Leadership/personnel […]
Supe: BUSD working to address contract negotiations
The Benicia Unified School District has been working to address contract negotiations as well as the national teacher shortage, Superintendent Charles Young said. Last week, the Benicia Teachers’ Association indicated that it was at an impasse with the district over salary negotiations and also acknowledged concerns over how America’s teacher shortage was impacting Benicia. Among […]
Community, associates pay tribute to BHS grad who died in Oakland fire
When a fire broke out at an Oakland warehouse on Dec. 2 killing 36 people, Benicians were shocked to learn that one of the victims, Travis Hough, was a Benicia High School graduate who had lived in the town for most of his life. Hough graduated from Benicia High in 1999 and graduated from […]
Christmas traditions around the world
When you hear the word Christmas, do you think of banana trees, hiding brooms and trips to the sauna? If not, that’s probably because you haven’t experienced Christmas in other parts of the world. For the U.S., Christmas is synonymous with Santa Claus and gift giving, but in many other countries, this isn’t the case. […]
‘Saturdays at the Travel Inn’ to host meet-and-greet Saturday
Benicia High School graduates Jeff Foster and Sara Gallagher began visiting children at the Travel Inn in Vallejo last June. Today, they see a dozen or more familiar faces each weekend as they, along with fellow “Saturdays at the Travel Inn” volunteers who have since joined their efforts, visit and play with the kids on […]
Benicia High School graduate among those who died in Oakland fire
On Friday, Dec. 2, a fire broke out at the Ghost Ship warehouse and art collective in Oakland during an electronic music concert, killing 36 people, many of them musicians or artists. One of those who tragically died in the fire was Travis Hough, a 1999 Benicia High School graduate who was a member of […]
Benicia High gets ‘angry’ in fall play
’12 Angry Men’ is school year’s first production Benicia High School will be going back to the ‘50s for its fall play, but the themes touched upon in it are relevant to any era— especially right now. That play would be “12 Angry Men,” which has had a long performance history. Reginald Rose wrote the […]